Towards the Resolutions of Conflicts for Research and Sustainableble Development: the Role of Library and Information Centres

Abstract

One of the greatest problems ravaging developing nations and, in fact, the entire world is war.Consequently, no meaningful research and sustainable development or advancement can take place inan atmosphere of war, chaos and acrimonies. There is an enormous amount of peaceful and non violentsettlement of disputes taking place at various levels and in many communities all over the world. Thispaper intends to introduce and discuss ways by which library and information could serve as apeaceful and non violent method of managing conflict in the developing nations in order to haveresearch and sustainable development. The paper discusses conflict and its stages, conflict resolutionand management, general overview of libraries and information centers. This takes us to the role oflibraries and information centers in conflict resolution. The paper concludes by providing recommendations.